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Ubuntu Live

Shuttleworth and some IBM droid are out to bend your ear. There will be drinkies, nibbles and demos.

There won't be Clown, sadly. :o(

OpenOffice 3.0 - the only option for masochistic Linux users

I'm glad that OpenOffice decided to dump GNOME's default save-as menu for their own harder-to-use menu. I was getting bored of being able to intuitively save files wherever I wanted.

Just no pleasing some people. Should be using KDE anyway, you big girl's blouse.

Had enough of Fista?

Personally, I don't have this problem ... yet! But everyone I know who uses Fista is moaning like a stuck pig. In the interests of fairness, I thought I'd share this link with anybody who cares, before making the obligatory plug for Kubuntu.

My casual exploration of Kubuntu went like this:

1. Found an old laptop that wasn't running under Windoze (built-in wireless shagged, screen not displaying correctly), plugged in spare wireless PCMCIA card.
2. Download Kubuntu ISO and burn to CD.
3. Boot up, looks a bit rough, wireless not working -- based on previous Linux install experience, this is no surprise.
4. Plug in Ethernet cable and connect to router for Kubuntu to do its automatic patching.
5. Reboot.

Result?

Screen displays perfectly. Both wireless cards work, PCMCIA consigned to the drawer again. Dead laptop brought back to life, now sits in the lounge as a handy-dandy toy.

Kubuntu: playing Jesus Christ to your Lazarus laptops.